Visalia police and firefighters were busy this weekend after a fire, a stabbing and a DUI sweep.

Friday, 10:15 p.m.

The weekend started for Visalia firefighters late Friday night when they responded to a house fire near Howard Avenue and Sowell Street. When firefighters arrived, the back of the home was on fire and smoke was filling the home. It took firefighters about 10 minutes to extinguish the flames and more than an hour to clean up and secure the home.

Battalion Chief Danny Wristen estimated the damage to the home at $80,000 and $20,000 in damage to the contents of the home.

Shortly after extinguishing the fire, though, firefighters determined the residents had been cooking hash oil from marijuana when vapors ignited and caused an explosion. The explosion caused the back half of the home to catch fire.

Visalia police aided the fire department in the investigation and arrested Marcos Amaro, 22, on suspicion of manufacturing hash oil.

He was booked at Main Jail in Visalia and is being held on $250,000 bail.

Saturday, 1:44 a.m.

As fire and police were investigating the explosion in southeast Visalia, detectives were hunting down clues to a stabbing at the Santa Fe Station bar, 505 E. Center Ave.

Police were called out just before 1:45 a.m. when an altercation broke out between people who’d left the bar and were standing in the parking lot. When police arrived, they found a man suffering from a stab wound.

The man was taken to Kaweah Delta Medical Center. The extent of his injuries were not released.

Violent Crimes detectives were unable to locate the suspect.

Detective Chris Jennings is asking anyone with information to call him at 713-4727.

Sunday morning

Visalia police were out in force Sunday morning as they attempted to serve numerous arrest warrants for DUI-related crimes.

Officers from the Traffic Unit, DUI team and patrol officers attempted to serve 52 felony and misdemeanor warrants to those who’ve failed to show up to court for DUI charges or violated probation after a DUI conviction.

During the morning-long DUI sweep, five subjects were arrested.

As part of state grant requirements, the AVOID the 18 DUI task force conducts various DUI-related operations, including warrant sweeps, DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols and court stings, which focus on catching people driving without a license after a DUI conviction.

The state-funded grant pays for officer overtime to allow department’s across Tulare and Kings counties to focus on DUI details.